Brookville Area School Board discusses use of football field for alumni Chucks/Raiders rematch

October 21, 2012

The Punxsutawney Chucks and the Brookville Raiders alumni faced off Nov. 5, 2011, on the Chucksâ€™ home turf. The Chucks won the game 14-6. This year, discussions are being held for a rematch in Brookville.
(Spirit file photo)

BROOKVILLE â€” The Brookville Area school board discussed at its meeting last Monday the possibility of allowing the football field to be used for a planned alumni football game between the Punxsutawney Chucks and the Brookville Raiders.

The board ultimately did not take any action on this proposal, apart from advising Mick Stormer, the eveningâ€™s spokesperson for and captain of the Brookville alumni football team, to resubmit the facility use form so that the board could review it at a later date, in a special meeting if need be.

The Brookville alumni football team previously went head to head with Punxsutawney on the latterâ€™s home turf last year, on Nov. 5, 2011. The alumni Chucks won the contest 14-6.

Stormer came to the board hoping to schedule a rematch for Dec. 1, this time on the Raidersâ€™ home field.

He said he hoped to have it at the Brookville football field for two reasons: firstly, there is an opportunity for profits from the game that go to the host team; and secondly, he believes the location could bring about an increased turnout.

There was no official, final decision made with regard to Stormerâ€™s request on the behalf of the alumni players and Alumni Football U.S.A.

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